The action, sought by outgoing School Board member Glenn Hayes Jr., the Jefferson Chamber of Commerce, the Committee for a Better Jefferson and the Jefferson Business Council, alleges that a School Board resolution establishing a union recognition process was done illegally and without proper public notice.

A Nov. 29 hearing has been set in the 24th Judicial District Court.

Support workers in six groups were to consider unionizing.

If they voted yes, workers in two of those units -- custodians and cafeteria workers -- would then choose whether to be represented by the Jefferson Federation of Teachers or Service Employees International Union Local 21.

The remaining units were to be given only one choice: The teachers union would have represented clerical workers, paraeducators and crossing guards, and Service Employees International would have represented transportation workers such as bus drivers and attendants.